Naughty, bad, wicked, good for nothing: “a n. house,” Meas. II, 1, 77. “thou n. varlet,” Ado IV, 2, 74. “this n. man,” V, 1, 306. “these n. times,” Merch. III, 2, 18. “thou n. gaoler,” III, 3, 9. “so shines a good deed in a n. world,” V, 91. “a good drum, but a n. orator,” All's V, 3, 254. “thou n. varlet,” H4A II, 4, 474. “a sort of n. persons,” H6B II, 1, 167. “whiles he lived upon this n. earth,” H8 V, 1, 139. “you n. mocking uncle,” Troil. IV, 2, 26. “a n. man,” Troil. IV, 2, 26 “thou n. knave,” Caes. I, 1, 16. “'tis a n. night to swim in,” Lr. III, 4, 116. “n. lady,” III, 7, 37.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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